Non-refillable bottle.



No. 806,917. PATENTED DEC.12, 1905. E. RISSE & C. 0. SOBINSKI. NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY27. 1905d UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE EMILE RISSE AND CHARLES O. SOBINSKI, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, AS-

SIGNORS OF SEVEN-TENTHS TO SAID RISSE AND THREE-TENTHS TO JAMES OLAUSEN, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Speccation of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 12, 1905.

To all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that we, EMILE RIssE and CHARLES O. SoBINsKI, citizensv of the United States, residing at St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles. of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.`

Our invention has relation to improvements in non-refillable bottles; and it consists in the novel construction of parts more fully set forth in the specilication and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical middle section of the upper portion of abottle in upright position, showing our invention in elevation and in position in the bottle. Fig. 2 is an inverted position of the bottle, the valve-casing and extension being shown in section. Fig. 3 is a view showing position of the parts for a partially-tilted position of the bottle. Fig. 4 is a cross-section on line 4 4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is an enlarged view of the parts for an upright position of the bottle, the valve-casing being shown in section. Fig. 6 is an elevation of the hollow plug detached. Fig. 7 is a top plan of the plug with the guard removed, and Fig. 8 is an inverted view of the plug.

The object of our invention is to construct a non-refillable bottle which will uniformly resist any and all attempts at lling after the bottle has once been emptied, one which is ordinary cork C. Adapted to be inserted into the neck to the proper depth is a casing or shell 2, whose upper edge when fully inserted is expanded (by a suitable expandingtool) into the groove 1, so'that it cannot possibly be withdrawn from the neck once it is inserted. Around the baseof the casing 2 is a packing-ring, of .rubber or equivalent material, 3, said ring making a tight joint between the casing and the base of the neck N.

Depending from the casing 2 into the bottle is a reduced extension 4, having peripheral slots or openings 5 for the passage of the liquid contents of the bottle, said extension terminating in a `flange 6. Passing loosely and centrally through the extension 4 and supported in the bearings 7 8, respectively, is a valve-stem 9, carrying at its upper end a valve 10, beyond the upper face of which extends a projection or pin 9 a suitable distance.

The valve 10 is provided with a valve-seat 11 at the lower end of the casing 2. The lower end of the valve-stem is weighted by a pendant 12, which has a central stem 13 hinged to the valve-stem, and when the bottle is in an upright position and the valve is on its seat the pendant 12 hangs a certain distance from the iiange 6 of the extension 4. The upper end of the pendant terminates in a flange 14, which under conditions to be presently described engages the flange 6, the latter serving as a fulcrum for the edge of the flange 14 of the pendant, which acts as a weighted lever tending to draw the stem 9 after it, and thus seat the valve.

The upper end of the casing 2 is closed by a hollow plug 15, which when in proper position within the casing is prevented from beving withd rawn by the burs 16, which are forced from the walls of the casing at points immediately over the upper edge of the plug. This plug Vis provided with a pair of vertically-disposed parallel ribs or partitions 17 17, between which is swung a weighted sector 18. This sector is hinged at its center of oscillation, being suspended from apin 19, disposed between the partitions 17 17 and is adapted to oscillate or swing in the plane in which the bottle is tilted when its contents are being poured. The sector has portions of its material removed at one end, leaving openings 20 20, and at the opposite end an opening is made and iilled with lead or other heavy metal 20', so as to shift the center of gravity of the sector considerably to one side of its vertical line Iof suspension. The center of gravity thus shifted serves to drive the lighter end of the sector for the upright position of the bottle against the limiting-pin 21, disposed between the partitions 17 17. For the inverted position the heavier end is limited by the pin 2l.

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The plug 15 is provided with a top wall 22, cut away so as to leave openings 23 for the flow of the liquid, the said top being in turn surmounted by aguard 24, which is provided With radiating openings 25, which alternate wit-h the openings 23 of the top, so that no direct access can be had to the latter by unauthorized persons prone to tamper with the device. The guard is locked in position against shifting by a rib 26 on the plug, which engages a recess formed in the edge of the guard, through which recess the rib passes. The outer wall of the plug is provided with an air-duct 27, which terminates at its lower end in lateral branches 28 28, from which lead the extensions 29 2-9, thus making a circuitous duct, which prevents the insertion of wire into the bottle by parties Who might attempt to tamper with the device.

The operation of the bottle is as follows: For the upright position of the bottle the sector hangs in close proximity to the projecting portion of the valve-stem 9. The body of the bottle is marked by an arrow A as a guide to the direction and plane in which the bottle is to be tilted, the position of the arrow being in the plane of oscillation of the sector 18, the plug carrying the latter being initially inserted into the neck, so that the plane of oscillation of the sector shall be in the plane in which the bottle is to be tilted, and the arrow A is a g'uide to the operator as to how he shall tilt the bottle. The sector 18 serves as a lock for the stem 9 and valve 10, carried by it. Then the bottle is in its upright position, the valve is seated, and hence no liquid can be introduced into the bottle or any poured out of it. As

I lthe bottle is tilted in the direction shown by the arrow in Fig. 1 and finally inverted, as shown in Fig. 2, the contents run out past the slits 5 and out through the hollow plug 15. As the bottle is being inverted the sector 18 swings out of the path of the pin 9', allowing the latter and the valve 10 to drop, so as to unseat the valve. This is shown in Fig. 2, where the edge of the sector has swung out of the path of the stem-pin 9. As the bottle is being righted, Fig. 8, the pendant 12 breaks at the hinge-jointbetween the parts 9 and 13, the fiange 6 serving as a fulcrumtfor the flange 14 of the pendant, which latter acts as a weighted lever, drawing the stem 9 after it and seating the valve l0. At the same time the sector or lock 18 is swinging back toward its normal position.

Fig. 3 may be regarded either as a bottleinthe a'ct of being righted or one partially tipped in the act of pouring, and it demonstrates that for the position shown (which borders on the horizontal) the valve is seated, so that filling of the bottle is impossible. If we assume that Fig. 8 shows a bottle in the act of being .righted from an inverted position, it demonstrates the efficacy of the pendant 12 to seat the valve before the bottle is right side up, so it cannot be lled by unscrupulous persons. In the position shown in Fig. 2 it cannot be filled, as the air cannot escape from the bottle. As the bottle is fully righted, Figs. 1, 5, the sector gradually returns to its full position below the lower end of the plug 15 and just above the pin 9 of the valve, thus locking the Avalve against any upward movement which may be attempted therefor from the open mouth of the neck. The position of the guard 24, on the other hand, and the specific formation of the air vent or duct 27 28 29 prevent the insertion of a wire by persons attempting to tamper with the valve.

Having described our invention, what we claim is* 1. Inanon-refillable bottle, acasing adapted to be inserted into the neck of the bottle, a reciprocating valve for controlling the passage of the casing, a pin projecting from the top of the valve, a hollow plug mountedin the casing above the valve, a weighted sector suspended in the plug and oscillating to release the valve for the inverted position of the bottle, an air-duct being formed in the periphery of the. plug, a top with openings for the plug, and a guard for the top having openings out of alinement with the openings of the top, substantially as set forth.

2. In a non-reiillable bottle, a casing adapted to be inserted into the neck of the bottle, an extension of the casing having peripheral openings leading to the interior of the bottle, a fiange at the free end of the extension, a valve for controlling the passage through thev casing, a stem for the valve passing loosely through the extension, a Weighted pendant hinged to the stem and having a iiange adapted to engage the flange of the casing extension, the pendant serving as a lever for drawing the valve to its seat for a partially-tilted position of the bottle, and a releasing-lock for the valve mounted in the casing above the valve, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof We affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

EMILE RISSE. CHAS. O. SOBINSKI.

Witnesses:

EMIL STAREK, Jos. A. MICHEL.

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